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11 comments on “Ritchie on politics and democracy”

Classic Leftism. Assign evil motive to genuine difference of opinion. It is not enough merely to argue with someone. In fact, given the distortion of reality which much of Progressivism requires, arguing may actually be impossible.

Thus the demonisation – if you can portray your opponent as evil, refuting arguments is no longer required.

From the quote: “That can only be explained by the corporate capture of the democratic process.”

No taxation without representation.

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

Assuming the capture to be true, one way it could be reduced would be to have corporation tax recognise who actually pays it (customers, employees, shareholders) and as a consequence who should call the tunes (the public) by abolishing it.

He may in fact be right, although he would not like to think through the consequences of that.
He appears to be writing from an almost Marxist perspective here – false consiousness generated by the Capitalist class engaging the reality distortion field to encourage the proletariat to act against their own best interests.
That may or may not be true. Let’s say it is. What’s the antidote? Wel, that very same school of thought already provides its answer: the State is a Capitalist construct that perpetuates the reality distortion field. The State is thus the enemy of the proletariat and must be resisited at each and every turn.
It therefore follows that those who advance the interests and power of the State are themselves part of the Capitalist construct and an enemy of the people.

1. We’re right. (Of course).
2. We’ve explained why we’re right.
3. The public don’t agree. (Which is obviously impossible)
4. We’re not allowed to say that the public are stupid (though we do in private)…THEREFORE
5. Someone or something must be stopping them from agreeing with us.

It’s similar to the ‘sabotage’ excuse in Communist countries to explain away economic or technical failure.